Crimson Tide Rolls Over Vols In Game 1

Tide Takes 1-0 Series Lead


Those who decided to come out to "The Joe" and take a break from watching the NCAA Tournament, and having Billy Packer scream at them, saw the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team take game one of the three game series against the hated Tennessee Volunteers, 9-7. Alabama improves to 14-7 overall, 1-0 in the SEC as the Vols fall to 12-8 overall, and 0-1 in the SEC.

Miers Quigley provided another strong performance for Alabama pitching six solid inning giving up five runs, on nine hits, and tying a career high with nine strikeouts. Tommy Hunter picked up his first save of the season, closing out the game with two scoreless innings.

The Crimson Tide opened Southeastern Conference play with 17 hits. Jake Smith and Alex Avilla hit back-to-back home runs to begin the game and gave the Tide a 3-0 advantage. Smith was 4-4 on the day with a home run, double and three RBI.

Game 2 of the three game set is scheduled tomorrow at 4pm with the series finale to be played Sunday at 2 pm.

UMass Hits Buzzer Beater to Down Tide In OT

Tide's Season Ends on Last Second Shot

















What a heartbreaking way to end a season. The Alabama basketball team made some mistakes on Tuesday night, mostly turnovers and on the defensive end, but played hard enough to win. Unfortunately, it just didn't happen in a 89-87 loss in Amherst, MA on Tuesday night.

Mikhail Riley’s 3-point shot forced an overtime as regulation expired, but Massachusetts’ Chris Lowe hit a leaning jump shot with one second remaining in overtime to lift the Minutemen the win.

Alabama had tied the game with nine seconds remaining in overtime on a Demetrius Jemison putback but Lowe was able to drive into the lane and score the game-winner.

The Tide was led by Riley's 24 points, sophomore Brandon Hollinger's career high 19 points, and sophomore Alonzo Gee added 14 for Alabama. UMass was led by Stephane Lasme who finished with 21 points and 9 blocks on the night.

While Alabama ends a disappointing season with the record of 20-12, the good news is that Jermareo Davidson is the lone senior on the squad. Hopefully, with the abundance of young talent, next season will be more memorable than this one.

Alabama Draws UMass in NIT

Even though Alabama's five year streak of playing in the NCAA Tournament came to an end this year, the Crimson Tide will play in the postseason, in the NIT. The Crimson Tide will travel to Amherst, MA on Tuesday night and take on the Massachusetts Minutemen in the NIT first round at 8:30 pm CT and the game can be seen nationally on ESPN.

UMass was 24-8 on the season and finished second in the Atlantic 10 with a 13-3 conference record. The Minutemen are led by Reshaun Freeman and his 15.2 points per game. Stephane Lasme (13.3), Gary Forbes (13.0), and James Life (11.2) all average in double figures for Travis Ford' s club. Lasme is also second in the nation in blocks, averaging five per game. Some of you SEC fans might recognize that name as Ford was a star for Kentucky in the early 1990s.

If Alabama were to win they would take on the winner of West Virgina and Delaware State. If West Virginia were to win, Alabama would travel to Morgantown, if Delaware State were to win, the game would be played in Tuscaloosa. Lets not look ahead though, that would require Alabama to win a road game...and I think they do.

Nicks Prediction: Alabama 79 UMass 72

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The New #1 Team in America?

#3 Crimson Tide Sweeps Miss. St., Moves to 24-0
















The 3rd ranked Alabama softball team opened SEC play like it has so far this season...perfect. Alabama completed the sweep of Mississippi State on Sunday, winning 8-0, to improve to 24-0 on the season. Alabama is now the only undefeated team in America, as this week's number one team, Tennessee, split a double header with Florida on Saturday, while previously unbeaten Oklahoma and Arizona also lost games this week.

Alabama dominated Mississippi St. on Sunday behind pitcher Chrissy Owens throwing six scoreless innings and only allowing four hits, also striking out four. Owens improves to 12-0 on the season.

On Saturday the Crimson Tide, which went through its pre-conference schedule without ever trailing by more than one run, was down by two runs in both games, but stormed back to beat the Bulldogs 10-2 and 5-3 in front of a crowd of 1,576 at the Alabama Softball Complex. Spotting the Bulldogs early leads in both games the Alabama bats woke up in plenty of time to out score the Bulldogs 15-5 on the afternoon. Blair Potter got the win in game two pitching 5.1 innings giving up one earned run and striking out six. Potter improved to 5-0 on the year with the win.

Alabama returns to action on Wednesday as the travel to Gainesville, FL to take on the Florida Gators in a doubleheader.

Tide Drops Series to Huskers

Tide Drops Pair of One Run Games











After opening the series with a dominating 8-0 win on Friday night, the Alabama baseball team lost a pair of one run games to the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 4-3, 6-5 on Saturday and Sunday. Alabama falls to 13-6 on the season while Nebraska improves to 8-5 on the year. Nebraska jumped out to an early 5-0 lead on Sunday and while Alabama fought back to make the game 6-5 with one out and a runner on 2nd in the 9th, both Kent Matthes and Matt Bentley struck out to end the game.

Bernard Robert pitched 5.1 innings for Alabama giving up five runs, six hits, giving up 3 walks, and striking out four. Josh Copeland, Will Stroup, and Kasey Kebedaux each saw action for the Crimson Tide on Sunday.

On Saturday, Nebraska's Jeff Tezak single handily defeated the Crimson Tide. Tezak finished the game 5 for 5 including a sole home run to tie the game in the 7th and the go ahead RBI single in the 9th inning. Tommy Hunter pitched 8 strong innings for Alabama giving up three runs while striking out a career high nine batters. Hunter did not factor into the decision as Austin Hyatt who gave up a the winning run in the 9th took the loss for Alabama.

Alabama returns to action on Wednesday night as they travel to Birmingham, AL to take on the Samford Bulldogs at 6:30 pm.